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Monday, November 1, 2021

Benjamin Peret


Portrait of Max Ernst 


Portrait of Max Ernst
 
 
Your feet are far away
I saw them the last time
on the back of a brood-mare
who was slow who was slow
too slow to be honest
too honest to be true
 
The truest horse
is young only a moment
but you
you I rediscover you
in heaven’s streets
in the lobster’s claws
in wild inventions

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